LeClaire Hotel, downtown Moline
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When Bernard was about eight or nine
Childhood visit to the LeClaire Hotel
His father took him into the lobby to see a black man shining shoes. The man smiled and offered Bernard a shoe shine; Bernard was unable to answer, and his father led him away.
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